The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 10 14 16
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 12 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 18.46% 9.722% 8.197%
As % of the System Software category 85.71% 100.00% 55.56%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 5
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £23,900 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £54,100 £36,700
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
14 7 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 21.54% 9.722% 14.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 9
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £26,750 £32,550
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £38,250 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Wolverhampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Wolverhampton Active Directory Jobs Demand Trend

Active Directory
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Wolverhampton region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Wolverhampton Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton region citing Active Directory also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory.

1 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 20 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (60.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 16 (57.14%) MS Exchange
4 16 (57.14%) VMware
5 14 (50.00%) MS Excel
6 13 (46.43%) SQL Server
7 12 (42.86%) vSphere
8 11 (39.29%) SQL
9 10 (35.71%) Cisco
9 10 (35.71%) SAN
10 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
11 8 (28.57%) HP
11 8 (28.57%) Citrix
11 8 (28.57%) VMware ESX
11 8 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
12 7 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (21.43%) Firewall
13 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2000
13 6 (21.43%) McAfee
13 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
13 6 (21.43%) T-SQL
13 6 (21.43%) VB.NET
13 6 (21.43%) .NET
13 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
13 6 (21.43%) Advertising
13 6 (21.43%) Asset Management
13 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
13 6 (21.43%) XenApp
13 6 (21.43%) XenServer

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton region citing Active Directory also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (21.43%) .NET
2 3 (10.71%) ASP.NET
2 3 (10.71%) COM+
2 3 (10.71%) DCOM
2 3 (10.71%) XML
2 3 (10.71%) XSL
3 1 (3.571%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 16 (57.14%) MS Exchange
2 6 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (17.86%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (17.86%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (10.71%) IIS
4 3 (10.71%) MTS
5 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
5 1 (3.571%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (35.71%) SAN
2 6 (21.43%) Firewall
3 4 (14.29%) iSCSI
3 4 (14.29%) LAN
3 4 (14.29%) WAN
3 4 (14.29%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (10.71%) NAS
5 2 (7.143%) xDSL
5 2 (7.143%) WLAN
5 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
5 2 (7.143%) DNS
6 1 (3.571%) DHCP
6 1 (3.571%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (46.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2000
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 6 (21.43%) Advertising
2 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Analyst
2 7 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Technical Support
3 6 (21.43%) Technical Support Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (14.29%) Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) DBA
6 3 (10.71%) Administrator
7 2 (7.143%) Sales Consultant
7 2 (7.143%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (7.143%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (7.143%) Pre Sales Consultant
7 2 (7.143%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
7 2 (7.143%) Pre Sales Engineer
7 2 (7.143%) Virtualisation Specialist
7 2 (7.143%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.571%) Computer Science
1 1 (3.571%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 20 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (60.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
5 4 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (3.571%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.571%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Asset Management
1 6 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (10.71%) High Availability
4 1 (3.571%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.571%) Business Continuity
4 1 (3.571%) Project Management
4 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) SQL
2 6 (21.43%) T-SQL
2 6 (21.43%) VB.NET
3 3 (10.71%) MUMPS
3 3 (10.71%) VB6
3 3 (10.71%) VB
3 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (17.86%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (17.86%) MCITP
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) CCEE
2 5 (17.86%) CCAA
3 4 (14.29%) MCSE
4 3 (10.71%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (10.71%) MCTS
5 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.571%) CCIA
6 1 (3.571%) CCA
6 1 (3.571%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (42.86%) vSphere
2 8 (28.57%) VMware ESX
2 8 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (21.43%) XenApp
3 6 (21.43%) XenServer
3 6 (21.43%) XenDesktop
4 4 (14.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (10.71%) ISA Server
6 2 (7.143%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (3.571%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (3.571%) Terminal Services
7 1 (3.571%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) ARCserve
1 3 (10.71%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (10.71%) SCOM
1 3 (10.71%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) VMware
2 10 (35.71%) Cisco
3 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
4 8 (28.57%) HP
4 8 (28.57%) Citrix
5 6 (21.43%) McAfee
6 4 (14.29%) Dell
7 3 (10.71%) Veritas
7 3 (10.71%) Symantec
8 2 (7.143%) NetApp
8 2 (7.143%) Mitel
9 1 (3.571%) Dialogic
9 1 (3.571%) Avaya
9 1 (3.571%) Intel
9 1 (3.571%) Nortel